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Definition
to summon (call to join) with a gestureor:
to be desirable and inviting
- I should be studying, but television beckons me.
beckons = calls (in this case by being desirable and inviting)
- The police officer beckoned me to come over.
- I moved faster when I saw Jem far ahead beckoning in the moonlight.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- the soup ladle was walking up the table towards Alice's chair, and beckoning to her impatiently to get out of its way.Lewis Carroll -- Through the Looking-Glass
- At that moment, the dungeon door opened, and Snape beckoned them all inside.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- The two women step out, beckoning to the girls to follow them.Joy Kogawa -- Obasan
- I looked back over my shoulder, and there was Joe and Ned on the other bank beckoning for me to come back to them.Ernest J. Gaines -- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- She grinned and beckoned me over the wall when she saw me standing there.David Almond -- Skellig
- She beckoned to a waitress and asked for more coffee.Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
- When Christina catches my eye, she beckons to me, smiling, so my mother and I cross the Pit floor.Veronica Roth -- Divergent
- 'Ssshh!' whispered Grandpa Joe, and he beckoned Charlie to come closer.Roald Dahl -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
- Riff steps forward and beckons to his girl, Velma.Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story
- Two nights after the dawning of Peter's idea he beckoned the girls mysteriously at the twilight hour.Edith Nesbit -- The Railway Children
- The cook with his carroty head is begging us to eat; he beckons with his ladle to every one that passes, and spoons him out a great dollop.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- He pauses by the door and beckons for me to follow him, so I do.Veronica Roth -- Divergent
- He beckons to one of the unfamiliar people behind him.Veronica Roth -- Divergent
- She beckons to me, and I cross the kitchen to stand beside her.Veronica Roth -- Divergent
- They nod and beckon us to come over.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- We try to make jokes and they answer with things we cannot understand; we laugh and beckon.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- He beckons to her, and she walks down the hallway, the blue light at the end making her bare head glow.Veronica Roth -- Divergent
beckoned = summoned (called to join) with a gesture
beckoning = summoning (calling to join) with a gesture
beckoning = summoning
beckoned = summoned with a gesture
beckoning = summoning (calling) by gesture
beckoning = summoning (calling to join) with a gesture
beckoned = summoned (called)
beckoned = summoned with a gesture
beckons = summons (calls to join) with a gesture
beckoned = summoned (called to join) with a gesture
beckons = summons with a gesture
beckoned = summoned (called to join) with a gesture
beckons = summons (calls us to come) with a gesture